Norway will contribute 2.7 billion kroner ($ 241,5 mln) to strengthen the Ukrainian Navy. The funds will, among other things, go to protecting people in Ukraine from attacks, mine clearance and training Ukrainian soldiers.

Alaska oil revenues are expected to decline over the next few years, helping create a budget deficit that will have to be filled in with state savings, according to a semiannual forecast released by the state Department of Revenue on Thursday, December 12.

The first meeting of the Scientific and Expert Council of Russia's Maritime Board focused on key research directions for advancing domestic shipbuilding, as well as the development of Russia’s Arctic Zone and the Northern Sea Route.

This week in the Arctic: Norway to increase ammo production, unsold Arctic 2 LNG may return to Russia, Greenlandic passports will be updated.

In the spring 2024, Minister of Justice Peter Hummelgaard asked his ministry to investigate the possibility that the nationality in Greenlandic passports could be indicated as Greenlandic.

How can the accelerated economic development of the Arctic account for its warming territories? Why is it necessary to revise approaches to designing and constructing facilities in permafrost zones? Which agencies should be involved in monitoring the cryolithozone? These questions were addressed by Mikhail Kuznetsov, Director of Federal Autonomous Scientific Institution «Eastern State Planning Center» (FASI) Vostokgosplan, during a session of the State Duma Committee on the Development of the Far East and Arctic.

Norwegian Equinor and Dutch and British Shell are merging their UK offshore oil and gas assets to form a new company.

None of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) produced by NOVATEK's Arctic LNG 2 plant has officially been delivered to foreign consumers, as revealed on December 5 by the President of the National LNG Association. It was suggested that the unclaimed energy resources could be redirected to the domestic market.

The regulatory documents will be used to ensure methodological consistency in conducting scientific and methodological evaluations of annual and long-term data on the regime and quality of seawater and river estuaries, as well as in expeditionary hydrological observations in the Arctic.

Red Dog mine, a regional economic linchpin, is running low on ore. With a new permit in hand, the multinational company that operates the project is now moving quickly to try to extend its life. 

The government has entered into an agreement with Nammo worth 1.083 billion kroner ($ 97.5 mln) to maintain increased production readiness over the next 15 years. The agreement includes, among other things, that Nammo will start a new production facility to increase the production of ammunition.

Former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole is championing a new rallying cry: “Make Canada Serious Again.” While the slogan may lack finesse, its sentiment resonates as Canada grapples with trade tensions and prepares for another potential Donald Trump presidency.

The Sámi Parliament supports the position paper published by the Sámi Climate Council on 16 November 2024 to the parties to the UN Climate Change Conference COP29, in which the Council presents urgent measures to combat climate change and mitigate its impacts.

This week in the Arctic: Icelandic government parties lose the elections, Canada to unveil a new strategy, Norway delays deep-sea mining.

The frozen soils from centuries ago attract attention for a reason: global warming is causing irreversible processes that threaten vast areas of the planet. For this reason, the environmental agenda of recent years consistently includes the issue of ongoing monitoring of permafrost.

After more than a year of massive pressure from activists, scientists and the international community, the Norwegian government has agreed to stop the first licensing round for deep sea mining in Arctic waters.

Presidential Aide, Chairman of the Maritime Board Nikolai Patrushev, visited the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) in St. Petersburg. During his visit, he discussed major research projects in the Arctic and Antarctic with the institute's leadership and scientific staff, as well as with representatives of Roshydromet, Russia's Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring.

15 women who have involuntarily had IUDs installed in Greenland after 1991 will receive an apology and a financial band-aid, the Greenland Government has announced. This means Greenland is reacting much faster than politicians in Denmark.

The Canadian government plans to unveil an updated Arctic strategy in the coming days, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced at a press conference broadcast by CPAC.

Natalie Holt sees reminders nearly everywhere of the serious toll a years-long syphilis outbreak has taken in South Dakota. Scrambling to tamp down the spread of the devastating disease, public health officials are blasting messages to South Dakotans on billboards and television, urging people to get tested.

During the Second Industry Conference “Oil and Gas Infrastructure in Permafrost,” experts assessed the impact of climate change and human activity on infrastructure stability in Arctic regions and discussed innovative foundation technologies. Held at St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, the event brought together scientists, industry representatives, and engineers to address these challenges.

A left-wing environmentalist party in Norway has temporarily halted the government's plans for deep-sea mining in the Arctic. On Sunday, the Socialist Left Party (SV), which supports the minority government, secured a delay in return for backing the national budget.

INCREASED DRUG USE: Young people under 26 report having used more illegal drugs in recent years, show new figures presented by FHI

As expected, the protesting Icelandic voter voted not "for" the parties that had long been out of power, but "against" the political forces that had led the country into a dead end, copying the dysfunctional economic models of large European countries with their "green fever" and predominantly service economies that created not a surplus product, but consumption on credit, which became the reason for the imbalance of state finances and resulted in high inflation, which had caused a great public  dissatisfaction.

During the flight, the radar unexpectedly revealed something buried deep within the ice: Camp Century.

On Saturday, November 30, snap elections to the Icelandic parliament will take place, as a result of which all three ruling parties will suffer a crushing defeat, and two of them may go into political oblivion. Thus, they will answer to voters for the failed economic and social policies that have led the country to a dead end in development.

Back in May 2024, Denis Manturov, then head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and now First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, informed State Duma deputies that domestic shipyards aimed to deliver "over 110" vessels by the end of the year.  

Historic settlement, says the Storting. We are losing our land bit by bit, says reindeer owner. The Storting wants to improve relations between the state and the Sámi, but the reindeer owner fears that it is only symbolic politics.

On November 25, 2024, the first meeting of the Subcommission on Cooperation for the Northern Sea Route under the Russia-China Commission for Preparing Regular Meetings of Heads of Government took place in St. Petersburg.

The number of Alaska salmon harvested by commercial fishers was the third smallest since all-species records began in 1985, and the value to harvesters, when adjusted for inflation, was the lowest reported since 1975, the U.S. state officials said.